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Possibly involves...possibly involves. Yes "possibly" yet he says he couldn't talk about other factors. There weren't many factors available at the time and he still used a tragedy to project his personal beliefs and agenda. So I lost all my respect for the man. Sadly it appears he hasn't learned anything, though probably because he's too arrogant to admit he did something wrong.

His opinoun is no better than ours, he just had a public venue to run off at the mouth. The Network should have charged him for a personal commercial, because that is what it was, a personal message we could not mute .....................fast enough!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what he said, haven't watched the clip, don't feel the need to watch the clip. IMO this is akin to going to a concert and having the performer take 5 minutes in the middle of the show to wax political and be shocked when some of their fans get ticked off.

Sports acts as a reprieve from reality. Does it affect my livlihood if the Brewers make the playoffs, or the Packers win the superbowl, not one bit. Yet I care. I care because the drama that plays out on the field is harmless to me and I need only pick a side. I don't watch football to have stimulating thought about gun control, the crisis in the middle east, or the fiscal cliff.

He did nothing wrong, nor did he push his own personal agenda. He was quoting an article. Also, you do realize the inherent hypocrisy in you proclaiming your second amendment right by trying to smother his first amendment right, don't you? So when would the right time be to talk about the FACT that our nation has a serious problem with guns? Would next Tuesday work for you, Chuck? I mean, provided there isn't another killing Monday night.

Did I say he didn't have the right nor I say I did have the right to own gun? No, so half your rant was a waste of time. He pushed his anti-gun agenda, so yes he did. Another past your rant that's a waste. Lastly, how about someone who knows facts about gun control and not a sports caster in the middle of a sports telecast? Obesity kills more people than guns, perhaps Costa's can talk about banning candy bars and McDonalds next Tuesday. Certainly hundreds will die Monday night from poor eating. Our nation has a serious debt crisis. Maybe Terry Bradshaw should tackle that during pre-game. Our nation has a lot of problems, I don't feel taking away our liberties is the way to fix them. Sorry if you do. PS - I don't own a gun but I'll defend anyone's right to own one.

Bob Costas, stick with what you know, small talk sports pyso-babble, and leave Constitutional Issues to Lawyers. You are just another private citizen with an opinoun, unverified with fact, and as with all opinouns like that as with mine it's just BS. Those that live by the sword die by the swaord, or better yet, you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy! Even if it's a Sports Hero. He is a common criminal and murderer, his check book is just larger than ours!

Beet Tariff... You are correct. I get four spelling errors and Desert Storm continues to misspell "opinion" in several postings, hence...not a typo anymore. Also, gets points off for numerous unnecessary caps on words that don't receive caps. Also seems to be in love with irrelevant phrases from 40 years ago.

It was very appropriate for Costas to comment as he did during the half-time of that telecast. The horrific event involved an NFL player the day before. Costas was right on the money. Sometimes the entertainment purpose of sports gets over-run by the reality of a situation. This was one such time.

Big deal. There is a Canadian hockey commentator named Don Cherry, who inserts his personal non-hockey comments into his show all the time. Not only do people not object, but they even tune in just to watch him while skipping the game itself. So let's all show a little backbone and not try to keep sports commentators from adding their own opinions when they feel they have to.

Maybe it's a case of his opinions actually making sense or maybe it's a Canadian thing. Either way, I and many others don't tune into football to hear what a pinhead like Bob Costas thinks about societal issues.....

Mark - There's a place and a time for opinions like that. If Bobby wanted to write a column for the Times or request a 5 minute commentary at the end of the nightly news, fine. Football telecasts should be about the game.

By that reasoning we should also skip the sports segment in the evening newscast.Stop and think how this forum would be going if they ignored the commentary on the death and said nothingNow my opinion. I know of no reason why a well behaved person needs to EVER carry a gun. .I know of no one that I know that ever needed one to protect himself.

So because you have never had to protect yourself with a gun and don't happen to know anybody that has, you would ban everybody from owning one.

How narrow minded.

I have neer had to out out a fire in my house with a fire extinguisher and don't know anybody that has, but I still keep a fire extinguisher readily available in the kitchen area of my house. I keep one in the garage as well.